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Magazine Review: Newton Kids 新小牛頓 雜誌 – Perfect for Listening

December 30, 2018December 31, 2018 Guavarama

Ages: 8 & 11 Originally Published Sep 2015, Updated: Dec 2018 Updated Review – Dec 2018 Last year, I split a 36 issue order of Little

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Mandarin

Book Review: I Love Martine 我愛瑪婷

October 13, 2017October 13, 2017 Guavarama

Age: 7 Good for: 6+ or 4+ (audiobooks) After a year of feeling like Astroboy will never start reading, I have re-discovered books in my collection

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Mandarin

Book Review: 跨世紀小說 Cross Century Set

March 2, 2017August 25, 2019 Guavarama

Age:  9Grade: 3rd-JH (中高年級到國中), most are 5th-6thPages: 200+. Updated Aug, 2019: I documented what we’ve done with the set since 2017 at the bottom of the post,

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Mandarin

Book Reviews: 火車快跑 Freight Trains

February 28, 2016November 13, 2016 Guavarama

Age:5.5 Grade Level: 0-6 yrs old (read to) Pages: 31 Sage Level: Level 3 (orange series) completed Author: Donald Crews About a month ago, I had a chat with

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Mandarin

Chinese Bridging Books 橋樑書

January 19, 2016November 13, 2016 Guavarama

This is Part 6 of my Building a Chinese Library for the Kids series.  In Parts 1-5, I gave some background on children’s books and how we pick them, and

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Homeschool

Chinese Books for Lower Elementary Kids 中低級橋樑書, Part 1

January 12, 2016November 13, 2016 Guavarama

This is Part 7 of my Building a Chinese Library for the Kids series.   As I mentioned in my last post, which might not have been

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Mandarin

Book Review: Reading 123 閱讀123

January 11, 2016July 30, 2018 Guavarama

Age:8 (Thumper) & 6.75-8 (Astroboy) Grade Level: 5-6 yrs old (read to), mostly 1st-2nd, some 3rd Publisher: 天下雜誌/親子天下 Last September, when Thumper started reading, I told her

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Mandarin

Chinese Board Books 翻翻書 : Our Collection and Recommendations

January 7, 2016November 13, 2016 Guavarama

This is Part 4 of my Building a Chinese Library for the Kids series.  In Parts 1-3, I gave some background on children’s books and how we pick them, and did

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Library

Types of Chinese Children’s Books by Age 中文兒童書的分類

January 1, 2016September 25, 2021 Guavarama

When Thumper was 1, I had no clue. I didn’t even know what a Picture Book was. There’s also the issue that building a Chinese library for kids in the US is a difficult task. I don’t think one should just buy all the books Taiwanese parents recommend.

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Homeschool Teacher

Book Review: 我家就是國際學校 My Home is an International School

December 24, 2015 Guavarama

I finally got my hands on the book 我家就是國際學校 My Home is an International School this afternoon.  I devoured it in an hour.  It will require

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